China 2001
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News on China in 2001
- OCTOBER 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Courts of Shantou City and...
The Intermediate People's Courts of Shantou City and Jieyang City in Guangdong Province condemned 19 people to death and 30 others to life imprisonment for falsifying value added tax (VAT) invoices
- OCTOBER 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's Supreme People's Court approved death sentences...
China's Supreme People's Court approved death sentences for two people described by Xinhua news agency as "criminals involved in a major tax scam"
- OCTOBER 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea protested to China for breaking diplomatic...
South Korea protested to China for breaking diplomatic practices by executing a Korean drug dealer in China
- OCTOBER 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported that another South...
Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported that another South Korean, a 50-year-old man named Yun, was sentenced to death this year in China for trying to smuggle two kg (4
- OCTOBER 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ruling and opposition parties criticized China for...
Ruling and opposition parties criticized China for failing to give Seoul prior notice of its execution of a Korean citizen convicted of drug-trafficking
- OCTOBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four gang members were sentenced to death in Sichuan...
Four gang members were sentenced to death in Sichuan for gang-raping eight college women and murdering seven of them, AFP reported
- OCTOBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South...
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South Korean, who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, without any prior notice to the Korean government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) said
- OCTOBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
One in three homes in a poor village of the Ningxia...
One in three homes in a poor village of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in west China had seen at least one family member die from a drug overdose, the Workers' Daily found
- OCTOBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China will let an investigator from the United Nations...
China will let an investigator from the United Nations look into allegations of torture carried out by police and prison officials, the head of a European Union human rights delegation said
- OCTOBER 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A farmer from central China's Hubei Province was sentenced...
A farmer from central China's Hubei Province was sentenced to death for acquiring 47
- OCTOBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former medical professor was sentenced to death by...
A former medical professor was sentenced to death by the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court for producing and trafficking drugs
- OCTOBER 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Korean national has been awaiting execution in a...
A Korean national has been awaiting execution in a Chinese prison since 25 September after being convicted by China's highest court, sources said
- OCTOBER 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese President Jiang Zemin asked Canada to extradite...
Chinese President Jiang Zemin asked Canada to extradite China's most wanted fugitive, the alleged smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing, promising he will not be executed if returned
- OCTOBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China gave a death sentence with a two-year reprieve...
China gave a death sentence with a two-year reprieve to a former vice minister of public security for taking bribes and forcing lower ranking officials to break the law, state media said
- OCTOBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
After a continuous open trial, lasting 16 and a half...
After a continuous open trial, lasting 16 and a half days, the Intermediate People's Court of Beihai City pronounced its initial trial judgment on the "Xitou Gang" case, a sinister group involving 41 criminals
- OCTOBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a comment published by the International Herald...
In a comment published by the International Herald Tribune, London-based China analyst Jonathan Mirsky said US President George Bush has made clear to China that its support in the struggle against terrorism was not going to provide it with a blank check
- OCTOBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed the prisoner swap treaty when they met briefly in Shanghai on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation summit
- OCTOBER 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced a former city major to life in prison...
China sentenced a former city major to life in prison for taking bribes and his wife to death for corruption, selling land illegally and abusing power, the Procuratorial Daily reported
- OCTOBER 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed two accused Muslim separatists in the...
China executed two accused Muslim separatists in the far western region of Xinjiang, a state newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese cooperation in the global war on terrorism...
Chinese cooperation in the global war on terrorism depends on Western support and understanding for Beijing's widely criticized attempts to resolve its own Islamic terrorist problem
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven people were executed in Kunming, capital of...
Eleven people were executed in Kunming, capital of the Yunnan province, the Yunnan Daily reported
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who killed his former girlfriend's parents 15...
A man who killed his former girlfriend's parents 15 years ago was captured and sentenced to death by the Beijing Second Intermediate Court
- OCTOBER 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced to death a former vice mayor of the...
China sentenced to death a former vice mayor of the northeastern city of Shenyang for his involvement in a web of corruption around City Hall, state television reported
- OCTOBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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China joined the U
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six convicted criminals were executed in south China,...
Six convicted criminals were executed in south China, after mass sentencing rallies organised in two different locations in the city of Zhuhai, just north of Macau
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Xiaohong, the Chinese reporter who exposed the...
Yao Xiaohong, the Chinese reporter who exposed the unauthorised removal of organs from executed prisoners by Chinese authorities, was sacked again for damaging interests of senior officials, the Hong Kong Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Communist Party's top disciplinary unit ousted...
The Communist Party's top disciplinary unit ousted two former senior provincial officials - former Yunnan governor Li Jiating and Fujian province's former deputy party secretary, Shi Zhaobin - for alleged corruption, paving the way for their trials
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic militants faced the execution squad, stupefied...
Islamic militants faced the execution squad, stupefied by drink and driven to their deaths on an open lorry past laughing crowds
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in east China's Zhejiang Province sentenced...
A court in east China's Zhejiang Province sentenced five men to death for minting and selling one million fake one-yuan coins
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a report published this month, Amnesty International...
In a report published this month, Amnesty International criticized the so-called strike hard campaign against separatists